AKA chocolate beans. They do it in Mexico! Well they put in on turkeys in Mexico. I contrived this delicious, unusual dish in Australia after impulse buying a bottle of red wine ‘with a hint of natural chocolate’ (Chocolate Cellar from the McLaren Vale). A couple of sips in and it was hard to prevail. We abandoned it for a nice bottle from the Barossa Valley with only an almost imperceptible (and no added hint of) chocolate flavour.

Determined not to waste the unfortunate purchase, I turned it into a delicious mole sauce with beans in place of the traditional dead birds, it went down a storm. You may not be able to get hold of chocolate wine; I dont recommend trying very hard. Add a few squares of dark cooking chocolate to taste. Serve with plenty of plain brown rice, no more strong flavours needed. Very experimental, serendipitous, 美味.

成份 為 2 (serve with plenty of rice)

a splash of vegetable oil

洋蔥, 切丁

幹小茴香籽一茶匙

2 teaspoons of dried chillies (this makes a medium hot sauce, add more or less to taste)

2 瓣大蒜, 肉末

250cl (a third of a bottle) of red wine

a few squares of dark cooking chocolate

一湯匙的醬油

石灰汁

a teaspoon of tamarind paste

一大勺龍舌蘭花蜜

3 番茄醬的湯匙

鹽和胡椒

一個400克 (14 盎司) tin of mixed beans

half a head of pak choi coursley chopped

fresh coriander to garnish (可選的)

方法

Sweat the onion in a splash of oil with a pinch of salt until softened (最多 10 分鐘)

Add the cumin seed and dried chillies

添加大蒜, stir and leave for a couple of minutes

Add the wine, agave nectar, 醬油, 番茄醬, tamarind paste, a few good grinds of black pepper and lime juice

Add the beans

攪拌均勻, bring to the boil and simmer and reduce for about 20 分鐘, stirring occasionally until its a delicious thick sauce

Add the pak choi, stir through and simmer on a low heat for anothr 10 分鐘

Serve over brown rice with some chopped coriander (可選的)